MAROC News http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/ News and Information from Mar Orienteering Club en website@marocscotland.org.uk Copyright 2012 Mon, 07 May 2012 06:32:56 GMT Forest Sprint Series 2012 http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/forest-sprint-series-2012/ http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/forest-sprint-series-2012/#id:226#date:06:32 Callum Roberts halted Sasha Chepelin’s run of wins in this years series by winning the latest race at Scolty. Sasha retains the overall lead. The 5th race takes place at Sluie on Friday 18th May.
Race Results and Overall Points

]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 06:32 GMT Jon Duncan Junior Deeside Cup 2012 http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/jon-duncan-junior-deeside-cup-2012/ http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/jon-duncan-junior-deeside-cup-2012/#id:213#date:21:07 The current positions after the MAROC event at Balnagowan are now available.

]]> Sun, 06 May 2012 21:07 GMT Junior Colour & Participation Badges http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/junior-colour-participation-badges/ http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/junior-colour-participation-badges/#id:143#date:07:04 The list of Junior Colour Badges has been updated following the MAROC event at Balnagowan.

]]> Sun, 06 May 2012 07:04 GMT MAROC Marathon Men 2012 http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/maroc-marathon-men-2012/ http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/maroc-marathon-men-2012/#id:227#date:21:14 Congratulations to Craig Chapman and Chris Low who both excelled themselves in last weeks London Marathon. Good effort!
Rumour has it that there will be MAROC interest in at least two other big city marathons this year.

]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:14 GMT Andrew at the Highlander MM http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/andrew-at-the-highlander-mm/ http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/andrew-at-the-highlander-mm/#id:225#date:19:24 Maroc member, Andrew McMurtrie, and friend, Caroline Watt, finished a respectable 8th place (and 1st mixed team) in the B-class of the Highlander Mountain Marathon at the weekend, covering over 50km and over 3,000m of ascent.

]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:24 GMT Success for MAROC at JK 2012 http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/success-for-maroc-at-jk-2012/ http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/success-for-maroc-at-jk-2012/#id:224#date:16:07 There were plenty of great MAROC performances at JK 2012, a rarity for being on relative home ground. MAROC winning performances over the weekend were:
Ewan Musgrave (M10B)
Jake Chapman (M12A)
Sarah Dunn (W40 & W40 Sprint)
Joe Wright, Jake and Alistair Chapman (Class M Relay).
There were many other quality results.
Some photos are in the MAROC 2012 photo gallery.
Read on for Rhona’s report on junior performances.

]]> Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:07 GMT Deeside Forest Sprint Series 2012 http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/deeside-forest-sprint-series-2012/ http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/deeside-forest-sprint-series-2012/#id:223#date:17:13 MAROC and GRAMP are joining forces again, this time to put on this summer’s Deeside Sprint-O series. The series will commence on Friday 20th April and the single course event format will cater for all Orienteers of TD3 standard and above. Expected winning times for the evening races will be in the order of 15-20 minutes.

PLEASE SEND EMAIL TO by midnight on Saturday 14th April to reserve a map for Race 1.

]]> Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:13 GMT Be ACE Training starts 4th April 2012 http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/be-ace-training-starts-4th-April/ http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/be-ace-training-starts-4th-April/#id:222#date:18:52 A reminder that the first week of the Be ACE (Become a Compass Expert) Wednesday evening training sessions starts this week (4th April). The first two weeks are in Dess Woods, with parking at Deeside Activity Park (grid ref NJ 567012). Registration will be open from 6:30pm and courses will close at 8:00pm. Please follow the signs/ tapes from the car park into the forest where we will meet / register / start and finish (~500m).
Adults note - these sessions are planned for your benefit too!
Fees adults £2, juniors £1

]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:52 GMT MAROC - Club of the Year 2011! http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/maroc-club-of-the-year-2011/ http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/maroc-club-of-the-year-2011/#id:221#date:14:38 MAROC are British Orienteering’s Club of the Year 2011.
Read on for the announcement text from Ed Nicholas of British Orienteering.

]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:38 GMT Welcome Jess (and Mike!) http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/welcome-jess/ http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/welcome-jess/#id:220#date:08:50 SOA recently announced that Jess Halliday (ECKO) and Mike Rodgers (Moravian) have been appointed as Regional Development Officers in Grampian for the period of the next two years. Jess will soon be moving to Speyside and will work with MAROC in Aberdeenshire and GRAMP in Aberdeen City, and Mike will work with Moravian in Morayshire, with the possibility that some projects will engage both.

]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:50 GMT Fancy one of these? http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/fancy-one-of-these/ http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/fancy-one-of-these/#id:218#date:09:58 The design for the medals for podium placers at this years Scottish Championships has been revealed. The medals carry the Scottish Championships logo on one side and the Jubilee Five logo on the other.

]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:58 GMT Have you entered the Jubilee5 yet? http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/jubileefive-entriesopen/ http://www.marocscotland.org.uk/home/jubileefive-entriesopen/#id:188#date:15:11 ENTRIES ARE OPEN

MAROC and Grampian Orienteers wil be hosting the extended Scottish Championships weekend on Deeside in June 2012. This promises to be the highlight of the 2012 Scottish Orienteering calendar. For more details visit the new website.
JubileeFive

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